Birth Date:

December 26, 1971

Place of Birth:

Bossier City, Louisiana

Role That Made Girls Go Crazy:

Playing Claire Danes' love interest, Jordan Catalano, in My So-Called Life.

Other Artistic Interests:

Jared Leto plays in a band called 30 Seconds to Mars.

Awards:

Jared Leto earned his first Academy Award nomination and first win for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club. He also picked up nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards and won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for playing Rayon in that critically acclaimed film starring Matthew McConaughey.

Notable Movie Credits:

How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Prefontaine (1997)
Switchback (1997)
Basil (1998)
Urban Legend (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Black and White (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
American Psycho (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Sunset Strip (2000)
Highway (2002)
Panic Room (2002)
Alexander (2004)
Lord of War (2005)
Lonely Hearts (2006)
Chapter 27 (2007)
Mr Nobody (2009)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)